Home: works from the Permanent Collection

November 1, 2023 - February 11, 2024

photographic print featuring a living room in Malibu facing the ocean by David Hockney

David Hockney, Pacific Ocean at Malibu, from the portfolio "Twenty Photographic Pictures," 1973, hand-coloured photograph, ed. 45/80, Collection of the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Eaton, 1982

drawing of an onion falling out of a bag by Lena Daling

Lena Daling, Onion, 1983, charcoal and mixed media on paper, Collection of the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Purchased with the assistance of the AGP Volunteers Committee and the Canada Council, 1984

print by Daphne Odjig of a grandmother and child

Daphne Odjig, Visiting Grandma, 2006, silkscreen on paper, ed. 54/95, Collection of the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Gift of Tamara Butler, 1987.

oil painting of a house at dusk through trees by George Reid

George Reid, Winter Sunset, 1915, oil on canvas, Collection of the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Gift of the Peterborough Teacher's College, 1973

oil painting of a stable covered in snow in winter by Oskar Schlienger

Oscar Schlienger, Mountain Stable, Bancroft, 1956, oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Gallery of Peterborough

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”

Maya Angelou, “All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes,” 1986

This exhibition brings together works from the AGP Permanent Collection to evoke a sense of home. Charles Dickens has called the word “home” a magic word, capable of strong conjurations. The places we have come from, seek shelter at, and find comfort in are as personal and unique as they are universal. From a bag of onions to a familiar garden gate; from a family portrait to a window thick with the condensation of simmering dinner, and a journey to Grandmother’s house, these works summon our own memories of the places we’ve found warmth and comfort.

Artists Exhibited

Anne Meredith Barry, Daphne Odjig, David Bolduc, David Cox, David Hockney, Denise Ireland, George Reid
Jenni Johnston, John Boyle, Joseph Sudek, Lena Daling, Moira Clark, Oscar Schlienger, Rita Briansky
Sarah Gibeault, Thomas Martin, and Tom Forrestall

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